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GTA V: Cheat Tool Developer Must Pay $150,000 to Take-two
A US court has ruled in favor of Take-Two in a case against a developer of a cheat software for Grand Theft Auto V. Jhonny Perez must pay the publisher the maximum fine of $ 50,000 in damages.
Take-Two Interactive last August files against a claim of copyright infringement through the development and dissemination of a cheat tools for GTA V (benchmark review here). The software called "Elusive" enabled, among other things, the generation of the in-game currency GTA-Dollar in the online mode of the game and had a comprehensive menu for various other cheats such as infinite ammunition, the spawning of any vehicle or teleportation. The options were often used by cheaters to make life difficult for other players in GTA Online.
The software was sold at prices ranging from $ 10 to $ 30 on the Internet, how much money Perez has made, is still unknown. The defendant did not respond to any requests and did not defend himself against the allegations. This omission was assessed by the court as a confession of guilt, as can be seen from the judgment (PDF).
Over 500K Alleged Damage
The damage compensation of $150,000 was the maximum for such offenses. Take-Two initially sought an out-of-court settlement but decided by the lack of cooperation from Perez to take action. According to the publisher, cheats with the software caused damage of at least $ 500,000. On the one hand, GTA Online's reputation was damaged by cheaters, and on the other, the software made the purchase of virtual GTA dollars against real currency superfluous.
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#5637121 Posted on: 02/08/2019 04:03 PM
Won't find any tears shed here for cheaters who think nothing of ruining peoples online expereince, and no doubt in todays gaming they are also making money out of said cheats.
Won't find any tears shed here for cheaters who think nothing of ruining peoples online expereince, and no doubt in todays gaming they are also making money out of said cheats.
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#5637133 Posted on: 02/08/2019 04:24 PM
Cheat's on GTA V is the reason why i haven't installed the game and played it in a year and a half
Cheat's on GTA V is the reason why i haven't installed the game and played it in a year and a half
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#5637159 Posted on: 02/08/2019 05:09 PM
I still don't understand the point of online cheating. How is that any fun? How is it rewarding? Who are you trying to impress? More importantly, why would you spend real money to cheat in the first place, especially if the game has MTs to make gameplay easier without the threat of being banned?
The less "sandboxy" a game gets, the less it makes sense to cheat online.
Ironic, isn't it? Seems they do anything they can to earn money without actually improving the game code itself, so suing cheat suppliers is right up their alley.
They don't like the pay to cheat ratio obviously; I don't advocate cheating online but microtransactions only breed the mentality that it's okay.
I still don't understand the point of online cheating. How is that any fun? How is it rewarding? Who are you trying to impress? More importantly, why would you spend real money to cheat in the first place, especially if the game has MTs to make gameplay easier without the threat of being banned?
The less "sandboxy" a game gets, the less it makes sense to cheat online.
Ironic, isn't it? Seems they do anything they can to earn money without actually improving the game code itself, so suing cheat suppliers is right up their alley.
They don't like the pay to cheat ratio obviously
; I don't advocate cheating online but microtransactions only breed the mentality that it's okay.
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#5637172 Posted on: 02/08/2019 05:37 PM
I don't care for cheaters, but i feel like the courts are not the place to take care of this. I worry about the precedent it sets. Next, trainers for single player, then all mods in general, then lawsuit because we don't like the way you play this thing you bought from us. You will pay for it, but you won't own it.
I don't care for cheaters, but i feel like the courts are not the place to take care of this. I worry about the precedent it sets. Next, trainers for single player, then all mods in general, then lawsuit because we don't like the way you play this thing you bought from us. You will pay for it, but you won't own it.
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I still don't understand the point of online cheating. How is that any fun? How is it rewarding? Who are you trying to impress? More importantly, why would you spend real money to cheat in the first place, especially if the game has MTs to make gameplay easier without the threat of being banned?
The less "sandboxy" a game gets, the less it makes sense to cheat online.
Ironic, isn't it? Seems they do anything they can to earn money without actually improving the game code itself, so suing cheat suppliers is right up their alley.